$1,100 Main Event Day 1b | 2025 PokerStars Open Maryland

10-23-2025 22:54 UTC-4

Big Slick Prevails for Al-Keliddar

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Nick Becker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Yaser Al-Keliddar got it all in preflop for 70,000 in the cutoff against Amanda Wiswell in middle position who covered.

Yaser Al-Keliddar: A♠K♦ All in
Amanda Wiswell: A♦J♦

The board ran out 2♠K♣7♥K♠8♣, earning Al-Keliddar the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaser Al-Keliddar	158,000 29,000	29,000

Amanda Wiswell	70,000 280,000	280,000

Tags: Amanda Wiswell Yaser Al-Keliddar

10-23-2025 22:44 UTC-4

Yoo Takes From Verderamo

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Nick Becker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Nicholas Verderamo raised to 6,500 in the hijack and Sungwoon Yoo defended in the big blind.

The flop came 2♦8♥7♠ and both players checked to the J♦ turn. Yoo check-called a bet of 17,500, bringing the 5♠ river.

Yoo checked for a third time and Verderamo elected to check back. Yoo turned over A♦7♦ for a pair of sevens to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Verderamo	490,000
Sungwoon Yoo	130,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Nicholas Verderamo Sungwoon Yoo

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

10-23-2025 22:32 UTC-4

Verderamo Applying Pressure

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Nick Becker

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Nicholas Verderamo raised to 6,500 in middle position and Daniel Lim defended in the big blind.

The flop came 2♠2♣8♣ and Lim check-called a bet of 8,000 from Verderamo.

On the Q♦ turn, Lim checked again and Verderamo sized up with a bet of 23,000.

Lim thought for a brief moment before tossing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Verderamo	490,000 118,000	118,000
Daniel Lim	195,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Daniel Lim Nicholas Verderamo

10-23-2025 22:23 UTC-4

Chatham Building a Stack

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Nick Becker

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Arash Asadabadi raised to 6,000 in middle position and Maclaren Chatham three-bet to 17,000 in the cutoff. Asadabadi called and the duo saw a flop of 4♦7♠A♣ where action went check-check.

On the 10♣ turn, Asadabadi check-folded when Chatham fired out a bet of 14,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maclaren Chatham	445,000 245,000	245,000

Arash Asadabadi	82,000 24,500	24,500

Tags: Arash Asadabadi Maclaren Chatham

10-23-2025 22:07 UTC-4

Verderamo Wins Back-to-Back

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Nick Becker

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action went three-ways to a flop of 10♥J♥10♦ with close to 20,000 in the middle in a hand between Daniel Lim in the cutoff, Gabriel Ado in the small blind, and Nicholas Verderamo in the big blind.

All three players checked to the K♠ turn where it checked through again. On the 4♦ river, Ado checked, Verderamo bet 13,500, Lim folded, and Ado made the call.

Verderamo turned over K♣10♣ for a full house, tens full of kings to take down the pot.

The next hand, the player in the cutoff open-jammed for 42,000 to put herself at risk and Verderamo reshoved in the small blind to isolate.

Cutoff: K♠J♠ All in
Nicholas Verderamo: A♣J♣

The board ran out 7♠4♣2♠A♥7♥ and Verderamo dragged in the pot to win his second hand in a row.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Verderamo	372,000 172,000	172,000
Daniel Lim	191,000 39,000	39,000
Gabriel Ado	23,500 6,500	6,500

Tags: Daniel Lim Gabriel Ado Nicholas Verderamo

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

10-23-2025 21:41 UTC-4

Break Time

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Nick Becker

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The remaining 23 players have been sent on another 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante.

10-23-2025 21:36 UTC-4

Glasgow Cracks Kershaw's Aces

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Nick Becker

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action went four-ways to a flop of 10♠9♠9♥ with just over 20,000 in the middle. It checked over to the under-the-gun Andrew Kershaw who was the initial preflop raiser and he continued with a bet of 6,000. The player on the button called and Adam Glasgow bumped it up to 20,000 from the big blind. Kershaw called and the button got out of the way.

On the 4♣ turn, Glasgow showed no signs of slowing down and fired out a bet of 25,000. Kershaw made the call, bringing the 4♥ river.

Kershaw had less than 50,000 behind and Glasgow moved all in with the covering stack. Kershaw thought for a moment before reluctantly making the call for his tournament life with A♠A♣. He saw the bad news when Glasgow turned over Q♣9♦ for trip nines.